Buddy

Here is Buddy on our walk yesterday. The way he was walking reminded me of John Travolta in
"Saturday Night Fever" and when I started humming the theme it just seemed to work. So there he is Buddy "Stayin' Alive" Brons.

Tuesday Nighters

Every Tuesday night, Escape Velocity Cycling Club puts on criterium racing at UBC and has done so since the early 1980's. There is nothing finer than watching (or photographing) these races on a warm summer evening. The racing is competitive, yet fun and a place for new riders to hone their skills on a challenging course.

Hostas

Just a photo today. No words. These are lovely hostas in our front yard.

Well, I'm sitting in front of my computer waiting for another meeting to start and thought "I haven't updated my blog in about a month and a half"! That is far too long. So here is a quick installment before work gets in the way again.

This weekend we went camping at Birch Bay State Park. We haven't camped there on the May long weekend for many, many years....so it was nice to go there again on that particular weekend. I rode down on Saturday to maintain my training for the Ride to Conquer Cancer and then rode back on Monday. Add to that a short ride on Sunday and it was a 200 km. weekend.

The weather wasn't that great but it did get better as the weekend progressed. It rained while we were visiting Glenn and Ann which was a good time for it to rain since we were in their trailer. We played a "Planet Earth" interactive game similar to Trivial Pursuit except it was based on the DVD series "Planet Earth". A little lame but still fun....for awhile. Sunday we went for a nice leisurely bike ride along the bay, had coffee and then relaxed at the campsite. Made "Bronwyn's Pasta" and realized the following day that we'd forgotten to put in the tomato paste part of the recipe. We couldn't figure out why the consistency was different from when we make it at home.
That evening Glenn, Ann and Natalie came over and we sat around the fire until quite late. It was a nice, relatively warm evening with a full moon. I shot this photo just as the Kumpulas were driving up to come visit. I'm glad I stayed at the beach to shoot this. It's the only shot I'm happy with from the weekend.

Monday it became sunny and I enjoyed a nice ride home. Next up.....5 week hiatus!

The Boys of Spring

For the past month or so, I've been going out into the Fraser Valley (Fort Langley, Abbotsford, Aldergrove) to photograph the dEVo Spring Series. This is a series of races organized by dEVo and helps fund their trips to events in Washington State and the Interior. All dEVo riders must volunteer for at least three races but members of the "parent" club, Escape Velocity, also volunteer. This is a candid moment before the team starts their race in Aldergrove on an unusually sunny March day.

Dog Day Afternoon

Frankie enjoying the sun on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I was testing a piece of camera gear when I saw her sprawled out on the pavement, so I got real close with my wide-angle lens and got this. There is some flare from the sun hitting the lens but I think it makes a nice affect.

The Flame

I got up before 6:00 am. early this week as I was determined to get a good shot of the Olympic "cauldron" before returning to work. I arrived about 6:30, still dark and there were already about fifteen other photographers there. I thought it would be best to shoot it just at sunrise which I did (see above) I realized afterwards, as I was looking at these shots on the computer, that I may have misjudged the timing. Although the light is nice, the flame exposure is all washed out and I think that during the daylight hours (maybe overcast) will give the best results. So I guess I'll try again sometime before the Para Olympic games are over.















On my way home I came across this tree at Kits Beach just by the pool. I had to stop and take a shot of this too. Note the frost on the ground. A fellow walked by me who said that he lives across the street and has watched this tree for thirty years and never has it bloomed in February. He thought the last week in March was the usual time to see these blossoms.